Wagahai’s corner

Yes, I’ve reached 30 years old. I couldn’t decide what else to post about it.. so I’ll stop here.

So, I was driving earlier, and I get a call for “Aaron at Powertrip Communications”.. someone claiming to be an FBI agent asking “specifics” on where I live.. they didn’t like the “San Diego” answer.. so then they end up reading me the address listed on the whois for this domain which shows a semi-valid address. I hung up on them and continued moving on.. then they called back.. I hit NO on the cell phone and sent them to voicemail.. This is what they left.

As people know me would confirm, I am an optimist. I don’t sit around all day thinking “something good will happen” though, I do ask my questions, make my plans and try to organize things in my favor.

My last 2 posts show examples of “good luck” .. my boss, knowing I want to go to Australia for a while to be with my gf has extended my chance to be out of town. My cell phone company giving me more credit than they “needed” to just because I happened to call and ask for a plan change.

I do feel that people make their own luck though. Like with my job, I made special utilities all the time for my previous bosses and eventually ended up with a job doing just that.. Same with my condo.. I found a place that I liked, it looked nice and in a nice community, in San Diego.. it’s also common that new properties appreciate in value quickly.. and it did.

Do I have off days? sure.. I’ve had flat tires, engines blown out of cars, late payments on bills, get slaughtered in online games, am behind in things I want to get done, have constant problems with the brakes in my cars, have had my car broken into, have lost wallets/credit cards and had them used fraudulently, bought the wrong items and not been able to return them, had the IRS garnish my wages, been fired from jobs.. yes, I have bad luck..

I do think it’s how you look at the bad and deal with it that changes it’s luck.. did the flat tire happen when you were in a hurry or on your day off? did the bank notice the fraud on the credit card and give the option of not paying it? did the engine die at a time when I didn’t need to be at work “immediately” (although I was on the way to work), etc.. things DO work out.. not “perfectly” but they do.

A bit of optimism never hurt.. just remember that it’s how you look at ‘em and that things somehow will work out. It may not work out “perfectly” and there will be things that simply “are bad” that you can’t be happy about, but in the end, things work.

[something tells me I should have turned off comments, but I’m gonna leave them open so Kristin can be pessimistic]

As a few close friends knew, I had plans to go to Australia to see my sweetheart in mid August. I’d be going for 2 weeks and my boss was going to be nice enough to allow me to “work remote” from there instead of having to take vacation time. Today a twist was added..
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As many people know, I use my cell phone a LOT. I *ALWAYS* answer unless I’m in the restroom, shower or movie. I also use it to talk to the gf in Australia a LOT. Last month I used 4534 minutes… So, given that I use my cell phone this often, service availability and service is obviously important. Recently I went with friends to evaluate cell phone companies and we decided Cingular was a really good choice for family plans with data use.. meanwhile I’m with AT&T wireless and had considered moving. Today’s experience with AT&T has motivated me to remain where I am…
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